Archive for the ‘Futures’ Category

By Jim Walker on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 | Comments Off on Investing and Immigration Reform

A bipartisan group of US senators as well as a group from the House of Representatives have come up with comprehensive plans to deal with US immigration issues. The fact that everyone seems to be looking at creating a comprehensive solution has business leaders excited and supportive. There are at least eleven million illegal immigrants […]

Diversification is supposed to protect your portfolio in up and down markets. However, for many investors diversification did not work last year. What do you do going forward? How Diversification is supposed to Work Diversification is based upon reciprocity, the law of averages, and the faith that the stock market will keep going up over […]

Have you ever heard of futures and the ability to enhance profits with the candlestick charting technique? There is a difference between the stock market and futures. In futures trading, you don’t really own anything as in stocks. When trading you are merely making a bet in which direction the future price will go. If […]

Oil and gas are non-renewable resources that have fueled economic growth to a large extent over the years. Oil and gas are considered essential goods which will probably not be consumed less anytime soon or currently have any substitutes to speak of. These factors make them an example of “price inelasticity of demand”. They cannot […]

Investment circles have said before that oil is the money machine. With all the photos of large mansions and luxury cars, obviously many people in particular Middle Eastern nations are reaping the benefits of oil. This is also common knowledge to those who invest in the oil futures market. Sadly, many people who are ignorant […]